Movie theaters: Rants and raves

[Mattdotcom]

We have a movie theater that serves beer and sushi. Of course, since it's Alabama, the sushi is made by Mexicans. Of course, since it's in Huntsville, a roll is at least eight dollars. Let me see if they have their menu online. There's some bizarre turkey platter and lots of other "cuisine" that doesn't belong in a movie theater.

 

[Smues]

I wish we had a first run theater with beer. The only theater I've ever been to with beer is a second run theater up here that's attached to a restaurant. The food is really good, as is the beer, I just wish I could find that at a place showing current movies.

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

I think the worst audience I've been part of in recent memory has been when I saw Final Destination 5 last month. In the audience for a rated-R movie were 2 annoying as fuck groups. 1 was made up of 3 boys between the ages of 6 and 12. I'm still trying to figure out how the hell they got in. The second group was made up of 3 girls, a little older at about 12 to 14. The girls were the worst since they sat across the row from me. They texted and were turning around every couple of minutes. Half-way through for about 20 minutes each one would get up and go outside. At one point, while they were talking, I just told them to shut the hell up. I fucking hate kids in movies.

 

[Damaramu]

I went and saw Planet of the Apes in the balcony at Warren Theaters. The balcony is where you can order beer and food and get unlimited soda refills and such.
I just had a soda and later an oreo milkshake.
The gigantic couple next to me sits down and the fat woman (who is wheezing from climbing 3 steps to get to her seat) orders buffalo chicken tenders, nachos and mozzarella sticks. Meanwhile her husband orders a chicken fried steak with extra fries and onion rings. And they order a large popcorn. I couldn't believe how much they were eating.
Later he calls the waitress back over and adds a salad to the chicken fried steak, yeah that'll help.

 

[Smues]

While waiting for the theater showing Moneyball to open we watched about 30 teenaged girls wearing hoodies and sweatpants and carrying pillows and what I'm told are called 'pillow friends' walk into the theater playing abduction. I hope I can get into moneyball before that twilight douchebag is shown on their screen. The SQEEing in that theater is going to be massive.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Is it a sex thing?

 

[Big Beard Booty Daddy]

When I went to see Moneyball yesterday, there were 3 old women sitting behind me and my parents. Every 5 minutes they would start talking about what was happening on screen. My dad kept telling them to be quiet. At one point my dad just turned around and said, "If you're going to talk then go outside." They never spoke again until the end when they said, "This was based on a true story?" I hate seeing movies with teenagers and old people.

 

[Smues]

Before the Bourne Legacy (which I thought sucked) on Friday, Regal played a PSA I hadn't seen before. A threatening voice narrator says 'If you were thinking of recording this movie, please don't.' And then it goes on to tell you about the penalties of doing so where they show a montage of mugshots of young people. I laughed, a lot. Yeah Hollywood, that'll stop piracy.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Sony Pictures Buys Alamo Drafthouse

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas has sold to Sony Pictures Entertainment but will continue to operate its theaters under the brand name

variety.com

I hope I’m wrong but this seems like a bad sign.

 

[Hawk 34]

did you think that when Netflix did it?

 

[Brooklyn Zoo]

I don’t know how I feel about this but Alamo now has financial stability that it didn’t have before. Sony’s CEO seems like he understands movie theater culture or what they need to do to improve the experience (lower prices), so I’m hoping for the best.

I do use an Alamo Season pass and hope they keep that the way it is.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

I'm actually going go the Alamo for the first time ever to see Inside Out 2 next week. Let's see what the hype is about.

 

[Hawk 34]

I’m okay if a theater owned by Sony only exclusively shows Sony productions if that means movies stay in house longer and since the theater won’t be as dependent on making its money with concessions, that can also potentially mean not getting gouged when you get your Goobers and Fanta.

Are they likely still going to gouge us? Assuredly but there’s some hope unlike the box chains.

This also keeps places like the Alamo around. We should advocate for this or else it just becomes Cinemark and AMC and no one is happy.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

I'm actually going go the Alamo for the first time ever to see Inside Out 2 next week. Let's see what the hype is about.

Pretty cool place. Seats don't recline as much as other theaters but the extensive menu and their strict noise policy make it all worth it. I actually bought tickets to see the new Beetlejuice there in a few weeks.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

So over the 8+ trailers (in addition to the AMC ads) before movies at the theater taking up 20+ minutes of the "run time" of the movie. Made worse that at least 3 of the trailers (the Mufasa: Lion King, the Bob Dylan? A Complete Unknown movie, and Captain America: Brave New World) could've been excised without folks in the audience missing them. At least the others were mostly horror related and made sense to tie them to the Alien: Romulus movie crowd.

I understand the temptation in paying the extra $10 at home for the rental if it meant getting to the movie and not making a 90 minute movie or 120 minute movie into a near 2 & 1/2 hour experience.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Yeah the last few times I went to a film at a Regal theater, I was shocked at the amount of trailers shown. Nearly 30 minutes of stuff before the actual film. Good for people running late I guess.

 

[One Epic Winter (OEW)]

Hot take: I find the extra popcorn butter to be absolutely revolting. Especially if the theater has a self serve station. People drown 'em in that shit!!